Walter Savage Landor

Michael Bradshaw (University of Worcester)
Download PDF Add to Bookshelf Report an Error

“Few men have impressed their peers so much, or the general public so little, as Walter Savage Landor”, wrote Sidney Colvin in his biography of Landor (1881). A.C. Swinburne was one among many of Landor's ardent contemporary admirers, writing in the

Encyclopedia Britannica

(1882), “In the course of this long life he had won for himself such a double crown of glory in verse and prose as has been won by no other Englishman but Milton.” Browning was another friend and champion. In his long and energetic career, Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) was active as a writer of prose and poetry in both the Romantic and Victorian periods, and had some claim to literary and intellectual prominence. He published his first collection of verse,

Poems

(1795), at twenty. and he was still writing and…

1726 words

Citation: Bradshaw, Michael. "Walter Savage Landor". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 April 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=2607, accessed 19 March 2024.]

2607 Walter Savage Landor 1 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.